Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
1995 · 1h 49m · N/A
Comedy
Directed by
Yoichi Sai
Overview
The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.
Director and cast
- Yoichi Sai Director
- Goro Kishitani as Minoru Ameya
- Moeko Ezawa as Matsu Ameya
- Kazuya Takahashi as Susumu Ameya
- Ittoku Kishibe as Kimio Hatsukaichi, Matsu's lover
- Yoshiki Arizono as Detective
- Yukijiro Hotaru as Kyozo
- Hitomi Ishii as Nobuko, Takashi's wife
- Toshiyuki Kitami as KItami
- Jun Kunimura as Yoichi, Takashi's uncle
- Akaji Maro as Kanji, Nobuko's father
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